suboccipital nerve

Origin

• dorsal ramus of C1 (motor)
• communicating branch from C2 (sensory)

Innervation

• capitis posterior major
• capitis posterior minor
• obliquus capitis superior
• obliquus capitis inferior
• rectus capitis lateralis
• semispinalis capitis
• proprioceptive fibers (C2)

Course

• passes through the suboccipital triangle.

More general terms

• peripheral nerve